The Greaser Files

[joeyo]

1:30 I'll be there..... I'll call

 

[toadspaghetti]

......Crickets chirping......

 

[toadspaghetti]

....cobwebs forming....

 

[toadspaghetti]

ATP RULES!!!!!!!!

YTD 9-6-15


TOTAL 2014-2015

 

[greaser]

It may rule Toad but you drool. lol

 

[greaser]

My latest finds at the 1800s farm house.

 

[toadspaghetti]

Nice IHP 1897?

 

[GavinoGambino]

Minutes before the concrete was laid on a sidewalk tear out in St. Paul I managed to save a beauty!

Semi key date V Nickel! 1888

 

[Goose-0]

An excellent find G-G. It's very pleasing to me to find a 'V' nickel.....heck, they are over 100 yrs old.

 

[GavinoGambino]

I agree. This one seems to be in pretty good shape too. Anyone have any suggestions on how to safely remove some of this green crap stuck to the surface of the coin? This thing doesn't look very pitted so cleaned up in the right way, i might actually try and sell it. Looking around, even a G-4 graded coin is going upwards of 20 bucks...

 

[toadspaghetti]

soak it in oil & scrape it with a tooth pick

 

[greaser]

Nice IHP 1897?

Yep.

 

[greaser]

soak it in oil & scrape it with a tooth pick

olive oil.

PS nice save.

 

[GavinoGambino]

Soooooooo I found this yesterday.....

 

[greaser]

Awesome! I found one this spring and am still in love with it they are sweet coins are they not?

 

[GavinoGambino]

Absolutely! Thought I had a Shield Nickel until I saw the date. Officially my oldest coin too

 

[toadspaghetti]

That pesky gainful employment and a never ending pile of fire wood has kept my swinging to a minimum lately. My last three hunts have been almost all newer coins. I will find silver #65 before the season ends though.

 

[greaser]

Its been a dang monsoon around here so no digging for me as of late.

 

[toadspaghetti]

#65-67 this week.... soon I'll have to give a seasonal wrap up posting.

 

[greaser]

Still waiting Toad